Voter fraud a desperate tactic

The Feb. 20 letter to the editor regarding alleged voter fraud (”Take steps to prevent voter fraud”) was one of the most ridiculous letters ever published.

First, the cited examples of voter fraud are urban legends. I defy the writer to substantiate the examples of alleged voter fraud he refers to.

Second, the idea of allocating Electoral College votes by congressional district is a thinly disguised attempt to disenfranchise Democratic voters, who outnumber Republican voters in Michigan. Republican gerrymandering following the latest census has led to more congressional districts electing Republicans, although more Michigan voters vote for Democratic candidates.

President Obama won Michigan by a significant margin, allocating Electoral College votes by congressional district would have led to the absurd result that Mitt Romney would have lost the popular election in Michigan but garnered more Electoral College votes. Republicans should face the facts that they have no cogent ideas on significant topics such as the economy and immigration, and that is why they lost all of the important races in the last election. Bonehead ideas like the one expressed in the “voter fraud” letter will only lead to greater losses.

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TOM GUYER

Royal Oak

Keep women out of combat

Since time began, armies were composed of fighting men whose strength includes being cohesive and indivisible.

I would not want my mother, sister, wife, daughter or granddaughter to fight for me. I prefer fighting for them, to the death if necessary.

Putting women in combat units and the consequent training of them by and with young men with large sexual appetites is a huge mistake.

In addition, ignoring the very few exceptions, the strength and endurance of men is greater, necessitating lower standards of physical fitness for women which weakens our military. One study found that 45 percent of female Marines couldn’t throw a grenade outside the burst radius.

ROBERT BICKMEYER

Troy

Get rid of those who steal funds

The recent article on some communities that are dipping into the Detroit Zoo funding for other projects tells exactly why nobody likes or trusts politicians anymore.

We the people voted to fund the Detroit Zoo with our taxes, and the first thing that happens is some communities dip their hands into the funds.

We didn’t vote for community beautification projects. We voted to fund the zoo. Why is this so hard for politicians to understand that? This is the same problem with Social Security and company pensions. The money sitting there is just too great a temptation.

Please continue with these articles. I believe that any community’s officials who take the funds should be recalled immediately.

We speak with our votes, but our politicians turn a deaf ear and continue to do as they wish with no regard for what’s right.

In the future, when votes are cast, no one can trust that the monies will go where intended, and the proposals will fail, causing some institutions to go under because of a lack of public trust.

Politicians once again prove they wouldn’t know the right thing to do if it smacked you in the face.